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fODO= i * O i 1 Q Two O We have just I . which were selecl i , a ^ 2 the world, East S , well what to bay hate some might: lot of moles that t have another loaf * yon in quality ani on hand. These :*f ' c ; 1 ? Come O i; 0 5 > L? \ H . If J O ^oaoi?_11 DEATH AT WALTERBORO. Dr. B. H. Padgett Passes Away After 1 Lingering Illness. N j . Walterboro, January 8.?Dr. B. H. Padgett, one of the most prominent 1 citizens of this town, died at his home at 5 o'clock this morning, in the 54th ^ year of his age. Dr. Padgett's health B had been failing for more than a ( B year, he having been a sufferer from B bronchical asthma. A week ago he V went to his farm, thereby exposing m himself to the severe cold, which re- ( suited in his contracting a case of 1 pleurisy, which, in his weakened con- " dition, resltlted in his death. The deceased was a native of ( t Colleton county, and came to Walter- 1 boro about twenty-five years ago. At ? various times he practiced medicine, conducted a drug store and a general merchandise business, all of which he ? gave up several years ago and en? -? 'i >? M ? XTa ' gage a exclusively iu ltumiug. was intendant of Walterboro for two f terms; also served as warden and school trustee. He was a member of the Masonic and Pythian fraternities, and of the Baptist Church. Dr. Padgett is survived by a widow and six chidren. His eldest son, Jackson, holds a responsible position in one of the Charleston banks; f his eldest daughter, Miss Leonie, is a teacher in the Walterboro high school. The funeral services will be held at his late residence to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. The inter} ment will be made in Live Oak Cemetery. Police Officer Shoots Negro. Spartanburg, January 6.?With i the third shot from his revolver, Po liceman McBee this afternoon stoppea the flight of Rem. Yarborough, colored, who was attempting to break 1 from arrest. ] The officer had arrested the negro ] hack driver on the charge of wife- ] f beating. While on the way to the i station with him in a hack Yarbor- j ough struck the policeman a heavy 1 blow on the back of the head with i his fist, leaped from the vehicle and ! ran. McBee drew his revolver, call- : ing upon the n^gro to surrender, in- i , stead of which he wheeled, drew a i whiskey flask from his hip pocket i and pointed it at the offlcer. McBee j fired three times, the last shot taking 1 effect in the calf of the negro's right ? leg. He was taken to jail and locked ] up. I? \ / X' ;r"W Carloads received two carloads of Hors ted in the largest horse and m t Louis, by onr W. P. Jones,' to suit the fanners of this i 1 nice horses in these loads, a ever hit this part of the c I on the way, and we bow J nrice, as well as in the larg * will go fast, so to see us Q i n nth? BAMBERG, DE5SS30ES2S3 BUTCHERS HIS FAMILY. P Weil-to-do Texas Farmer Commits G Murder and Suicide. Ballinger, Texas, Jan. 9.?F. B. Cimbler, a prominent farmer living d< n the northern part of this county, b: tilled his wife, his six-year-old son ei ind three year old daughter, serious- Ji y wounded his niece, aged 20 and tc mded his own life by cutting his tc ;hroat from ear to ear with a pocket R Dler had been in bad health for a ol tnife at daylight this morning. Kim- ti :ouple of months, but got up at the lsual time this morning, and was as- se dsting his wife in making the fires, hi 3e stepped out and seized a hatchet, bi jstensibly to cut kindling. Return- ir ng to the room where his wife was hi starting the fire, with the hatchet in lis hand, he said: C "Wife, we have all got to go," and si split her head open with one blow of tl :he hatchet. Going over to the bed, C vhere the children were asleep, he si lattered their brains out with the d< latchet and going to his niece s hi oom, he struck her several blows on fc :he head and arms. By this time a d< roung man, a nephew of Kibler, was v< iroused and he and the badly wound- m ?d young woman made their escape. 01 Returning to the room where his P wife lay unconscious on the floor, ol Kimbler used a pocket knife to end d< lis own life. Mrs. Kimbler and the h: iaby lived for five or six hours, but the six-year-old boy was instantly killed. The young woman is in a >erious condition and her recovery Is ioubtful. Kimbler has been living cj n this county for a number of years, ^ md was a successful farmer, a county a, officer in the farmers' union and was ^1 ntelligent and popular with his g] leighbors. y di Gunshot Wound Proves Fatal. ts Orangeburg, January 9:?Wiliam Bocteer, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. I. ^ L Reeves, died at the residence, on c. East Russell street, early Saturday ^ norning, and was buried this afterloon. The funeral services were held it the Baptist church, conducted by w ;he pastor, the Rev. George E. Davis, y< ind the interment was made at Sun- tt lyside Cemetery. Young Reeves was H L6 years of age and died from the m llterior effects of a gunshot wound, T iccidentally received a few months ol igo, which resulted in blood poison. 11 \n operation was performed on the G wounded leg' Friday night, but the cl jystem having been weakened by the ta poison, he failed to rally from the ir jhock. c i " ? - ? . .. ,v ^ oao? In ?s and Mules, ole market in who bows so section. We . ind the finest jl ountry. We gigg we can suit ^ e lot we have Kiick. m 5 B AfTft RESIDENT NAMES REPULICANS J 1 lives Both District Commissioner ships to His Party. Washington, January 6.?Presi rnt Taft to-day broke another recon 7 naming two District Commission a, Cuno H. Rudolph and John A Dhnson, both Republicans. Here fore it has been the invariable cub >m to name one Democrat and on epublican, the third being an arm Seer not suposed to have any poll cs. John J. Hemphill, former repre sntative from South Carolina, wouli ive been named as the Democra it that by retaining his citizenshi; i South Carolina he had renderei imself ineligible. Mr. Hemphill paid his poll tax 1: hester last year, which was con dered laying claim to citizenshi lere. Friends of the former Soufc arolina representative here con der it rather hard that his resi mce in Washington in 1904 shoul ave been a large factor in his defea >r the Senate while now his "resi snce" in South Carolina has pre ?ntea nis Deing maae uistrict ^uiu .issioner. It is not altogether with it the range of possibility tha resident Taft will give him som Lher job if he wants it. The Presi mt, you know, is a sort of Hemp ill man. Don't Want Negro Fair. Sumter, Jan. 6.?At a joint meet ig of several committees of th lamber of commerce this evenin le subject was brought up of givin; idience to Rev. Richard Carroll i le consideration of locating th rounds of the Colored Fair Associa on in Sumter. After consiaeraDi [scussion the committee refused t ike any action in the matter. Thi as a test motion and showed tha le majority of those present did no ire to have the grounds locate) *re. The Southern Cotton Journal hich was established about fou jars ago, as the official organ o le Southern Cotton Association, wit] arvie Jordan as editor and genera anager, has suspended publication homas E. Watson has become owne ! the printing plant used in the pub cation of the Cotton Journal. Th otton Journal belonged to a stocl >mpany with about $100,000 capi il; but the stockholders have noth ig left to show for their money, ex >pt neatly printed stock certificate? r , t ?' - - ?> ?OE3Q Cai Just received. factory, boughl LAITA An Aonnn nay c cui copci/ wiD regret it ii l_ have what you also harness, < ' which yon ong J 1 JImwama k A?W /? | (IIIWIS, UCUIg we can suit y< Come I ' R0T1 SOUTH ( OPO ?. RAGMAN LEAVES FORTUNE. / ______ - Key to Box Containing $60,000 in Bonds Found in His Effects. St. Louis, January 9.?A fortune of $60,000 in good securities awaits ^ the heirs of Jeremiar Moynihan, an ~ aged miser ragman, who died on Friu day. Apparently in destitute eircumsian1_ ces, Moynihan was to have been bure led in the Potter's Field to-day, but y the public administrator found a key " to a safe deposit vault in his effects. The safety box contained bonds worth * $60,000. d Moynihan was 80 years old. , He } lived alone and, bo far as known, had D no relatives in this country. d . Desperate Men Attack Bank Clerks. n New York, Jan. 6.?In a daring L_ attempt to hold up and rob a private p bank in the Green Points section of h Brooklyn this afternoon four desL_ perate men attacked the clerks in the i_ bank, shot one of them, inflicting a d mortal wound, and then gave battle t to a crowd in the street. Two esi_ caped. Two men were arrested who werer identified by the wounded man t. as members of the gang. L? . Simon Korn, owner of the bank t and steamship ticket agency, had e gone to lunch, leaving his brother, i_ Samuel Korn in charge with several | clerks at their desks, when four men, apparently foreigners, entered and inquired about steamship tickets. Samuel Korn suspected their motives and grabbed a tray containing several ' thousand dollars in coin and cure rency and attempted to carry it to a safe. Two of the intruders then g leaped over a counter and tried to n . seize the money. In the fight one of the robbers ' fired several shots at Korn, one of which penetrated his neck, inflicting a wound from which it is said he may t diet The shots attracted persons from ^ the street and the four men attempted to get away. As they ran from the front door they were stopped, [, momentarily, by the crowd. There r was a lively fight in wnicn several f shots were fired and several citizens h. knocked down. .1 Two of the robbers got away, but a u score of men were hanging on to two r other men when the police reserves arrived. The two men arrested dee scribed themselves as Russians and It denied any complicity in the affair, i- They were led before Korn who de clared that they were two of the four - men who had attempted to rob the i. bank. rload Bugs These are brand new styles, t right and will be sold the sa ? 11 it * . .1 tally swell lot ot baggies in this f yoa do no not see as before; i want in live stock and vehicles &c. Come to see ns. n r, we have a pair of beautifully i [ht to see. They are bad bay perfectly matched. If yon war hl We'll treat yon right ^ ann lof U11VA AVt us shov HERS :arolina i_?101?101 i relieve | 'o sc Neuralgia ; ^^TpKE^ONE F< 1 *nim PAINTHE IS GONE. Bi Bi "I have awful spells of Neu- C] ralgia and have doctored a c< great deal without getting Ci much benefit. For the last EJ . two years I have been taking g< Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills and H; they always relieve me. I H( have been so bad with h Neuralgia that I sometimes thought I would go crazy. ^ Sometimes it is necessary to I oi take two of them, but never St ' more, and they are sure to re- tv lieve me." MRS. FERRIER, c< 2Aid Lvnn St.. Lincoln. Neb. *r I I ~Ts" ' ' I lit j I Sold by druggists everywhere, who I I are authorized to return price of first I I package If they fall to benefit. I I MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. I *? 01 _________________________ m PORTABLE AND STATIONARY jg Engines | AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec- ? tosr, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAROESTOCK LOMBARD Z Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, T1 Supply Store. wl AUGUSTA. GA. th W. E. FEEE TV Attorney-at-Law J* All ba8iness entrusted to me bo will receive prompt attention. N Investigation of land titles a specialty sa; Offlc for present at court house. he =0E30N j < nes ( just from the \ me way. We If load, and yon < yon boy. We I 1 ; of all kinds, J ~r *' . if; ' . ... . ? ? ? * ' J-M matched horses . s and elegant tt a swell pair, . J ^ }A m v ls_ r you. ? I 1 v.: 'y&M - ' ^Ifll | K.- ') A * "ft ^ I ??kOCSLOty TAX NOTICE. v v^J The treasurer's office will be open . A r the collection of State, county, ^ hool and all other taxes from the Ith day of October, 1909, until the ?th day of March, 1910, inclusiTe.. .. ; * From the first day of January, HO, until the 31st day of January, g? >10, a penalty of 1 per cent will i added to all unpaid taxes. From y:^j| e 1st day of February, 1910, until . e 28th day of February,, 1910, a ;*k nalty of 2 per cent, will be added' all unpaid taxes. From the 1st iy of March, 1910, until the 15th ly of March, 1910, a penalty of V < / Vi >t cent, will be added to all unpaid. xes. | THE LEVY. .-;y. >r State purposes 5% mllla, - ^ *r county purposes, 3% mllla . institutional school tax,..3 mills ^ Total 11% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.. \:.SM imberg, No. 14, 7 mills innakers, No. 12, 3 mills ear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills ; O )lston, No. 18, 2 mills iffle Creek, No. 17, 2 mills snmark, No. 21, 6 mills .< tirhardt, No. 22,...:: 4 mills >van, No. 11, 4 mills ampton, No. 3, 2 mills y ; eyward, No. 24, 2 mills opewell, No. 1, 3 mills unter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill ^ jes, No. 23, 4 mills y: id way, No. 2, 2 mills . y ik Grove. No. 20 2 mills ar, No. 8, ;. 4 mills * . Johns, No. 10 2 mills . '< All persons between the ages of >j$ renty-one and sixty years, except A jnfederat soldiers and sailors, who e exempt at fifty years of age, are , it. ible to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog -tax, 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of ;e on or before the 1st day of Jany, 1909, are liable to a poll tax of ' s* le dollar, and all who have not . ? ade returns to the Auditor are relested to do so on or before 1st of inuary, 1910, and thereby save the malty and costs. I will receive the commutation ? ad tax of two ($2.00) dollars from e 15th day of October, 1909, until '\ e 1st day of March, 1910. JOHN P. FOLK. Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept 30, 1909. ' ??- ??? Farmer Seriously Hurt ' 1 Gaffney, Jan. 10.?W. N. Turner,-a ominent farmer of this county, v -4 et with a serious accident last ^ lursday. He was riding in a wagon . lich was drawn by two mules when e driver allowed one of the wheels } run over a stump, throwing Mr. ^ irner out of the vehicle, and in * K i lling he was caught between the ake and a stump, splintering the nes of one of his legs. Dr. J. N. sbit, who treated the injured man, ys It will be quite a while before will be able to leave the house. ? 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